Feminism - where are the threads?

[JudithB]

These days, I think what they *say* means next to fuck all.
We can see what they *do*, but only when they have some power.

Women are always told to wait their turn.
It has been interesting to see/hear Jo Swinson make a pigs ear of things completely and not understanding the concerns of women with regards to Self-ID

 

[Gramsci]

I guess I had hoped the whole trans/women debate been laid to rest for a while and here it came again. Sigh

I think that Clair De Lune got it right on you.

You didn't answer my question.

Plus asking for a new female poster to be banned Jennastan is imo aggressive posting.

 

[smokedout]

I guess I had hoped the whole trans/women debate been laid to rest for a while and here it came again. Sigh

It has been interesting to see/hear Jo Swinson make a pigs ear of things completely and not understanding the concerns of women with regards to Self-ID

Sigh indeed.

 

[Athos]

... a new female poster...

 

[friendofdorothy]

UK elects record number of female MPs

The proportion of female MPs will reach 34%, the highest portion of either chamber in parliament to date. However, there are stark differences across the party divide: just a quarter of Conservative party MPs are female, whereas the Labour party will now be represented by more women than men – with a record 104 female MPs.

interested to hear this - I heard BoJo crowing about it on the radio the other morning so I thought I would check if its was true. Apparently it is but the HoC is still two thirds male. I doubt Bojo has helped in any way, shape or form and only a quarter of his MPs are female.
A brief search brings up 'Women outnumbered 3 to 1 by men in Tory grassroots' from 2018 The Conservative Party membership has a huge gender problem can't imagine that would have changed for the better with the misogynistic things Bojo has said and done.

 

[friendofdorothy]

However, there had been fears over the number of female MPs who chose not to contest their seats at this election and many lamented the abuse they faced in office.

Certainly the online abuse on any woman who dares to express any political opinion seems to outweigh that dished out to men - the abuse seems personal and gendered. The fear women MP have are justified fears, were dismissed by the pm.

Men on political panels outnumber women two to one – report don't think this has improved either has it?

Is party politics is still hugely male/macho in all the parties at every level?

 

[friendofdorothy]

I think heard something on R4 the other morning about how uk had fell in the international rankings for female equality - but I can't find a link with the stats.

Did find this when I was looking, full of depressing stats - but it's too much for me:
UN Gender Statistics

 

[JudithB]

Certainly the online abuse on any woman who dares to express any political opinion seems to outweigh that dished out to men - the abuse seems personal and gendered. The fear women MP have are justified fears, were dismissed by the pm.

Men on political panels outnumber women two to one – report don't think this has improved either has it?

Is party politics is still hugely male/macho in all the parties at every level?

This is an interesting report:
Members of all parties are more likely to be male, white, older, middle-classed and predominantly (except SNP) to live in London and the South East

 

[8ball]

This is an interesting report:
Members of all parties are more likely to be male, white, older, middle-classed and predominantly (except SNP) to live in London and the South East

Interesting. A mate of mine is v active in the local Labour party and has said in his experience it has always been a U-shaped curve - lots of young eager whippersnappers, quite a lot of older folk, very lacking in the "late youth to early middle age" bracket.

 

[JudithB]

The report goes on to say that due to the sheer size of the Labour party, it has more younger members in absolute terms. But only about one in twenty UK party members is aged between 18-24 compared to around one in ten of the general population.

 

[JudithB]

I'm now hooked on this report
Very interestingly the reasons people join parties are very similar.

 

[Jennastan]

I guess I had hoped the whole trans/women debate been laid to rest for a while and here it came again. Sigh

i just did a search that shows you've posted 86 times using the word "trans". If you want to lay it to rest you could try not being such an obsessive, transphobic troll. jut saying.

 

[colacubes]

Has anyone seen Jennastan and JudithB online at the same time? Or am I barking up the wrong tree thinking about sock puppets? Cos the direct beef on a controversial topic between 2 relatively new posters seems a bit odd to me

 

[Treacle Toes]

Has anyone seen Jennastan and JudithB online at the same time? Or am I barking up the wrong tree thinking about sock puppets? Cos the direct beef on a controversial topic between 2 relatively new posters seems a bit odd to me

I have noticed & found it weird that Jennastan has chosen only to focus on JudithB 's posts yes.

 

[colacubes]

I have noticed & found it weird that Jennastan has chosen only to focus on JudithB 's posts yes.

Glad it’s not just me. I’ve been thinking how odd it was for a couple of weeks tbh.

 

[Athos]

At least one of them is definitely a sock puppet.

 

[scifisam]

Has anyone seen Jennastan and JudithB online at the same time? Or am I barking up the wrong tree thinking about sock puppets? Cos the direct beef on a controversial topic between 2 relatively new posters seems a bit odd to me

No. Jennastan is a former well-known user under a new name, which is fine BC anyone can change their name, and JudithB is a different person.

 

[colacubes]

No. Jennastan is a former well-known user under a new name, which is fine BC anyone can change their name, and JudithB is a different person.

Ah ok. Makes slightly more sense then

 

[purenarcotic]

How do people know who the returners are? I always feel so thick when I have no idea who anyone is or how people made the connections. I’d make a shit detective.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

No. Jennastan is a former well-known user under a new name, which is fine BC anyone can change their name, and JudithB is a different person.

Except the old account still exists and this is a new account so, sock puppet rather than a returning poster. Duplicate accounts are against the FAQ.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

How do people know who the returners are? I always feel so thick when I have no idea who anyone is or how people made the connections. I’d make a shit detective.

Sometimes posting style is enough to give it away if you've had run-ins before.

 

[Supine]

How do people know who the returners are? I always feel so thick when I have no idea who anyone is or how people made the connections. I’d make a shit detective.

Of course that's just what a good detective would say...

 

[Athos]

Of course that's just what a good detective would say...

The Columbo approach.

 

[Serge Forward]

ACG summary of the Women Organising in the Workplace meeting at the October dayschool: Women Organising at Work – Anarchist Communist Group

 

[Serge Forward]

The above link no longer works. Here's the new one: Women Organising at Work – Anarchist Communist Group

 

[Puddy_Tat]

got info for this today via a history site i follow on teh tweeter

"Storying feminist history: Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK"

free (but pre-booking) event at the LSE, evening of 30 January. More here.

 

[JudithB]

Has anyone seen Jennastan and JudithB online at the same time? Or am I barking up the wrong tree thinking about sock puppets? Cos the direct beef on a controversial topic between 2 relatively new posters seems a bit odd to me

Hehe - have we been busted

I am joking and I am also deciding to ignore the baits from Jennastan

 

[JudithB]

got info for this today via a history site i follow on teh tweeter

"Storying feminist history: Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK"

free (but pre-booking) event at the LSE, evening of 30 January. More here.

Oh what a shame, I would have loved to have gone to this but cannot make the 30th January as already away the following weekend for a feminist conference.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Hey, just wanted to say that it's great to have feminist threads on here.

 

[Poot]

Hey, just wanted to say that it's great to have feminist threads on here.

Thanks.